When I was growing up, I was a big listener of radio shows, like “The CBS Radio Mystery Theater” (hosted first by E.G. Marshall, followed by Tammy Grimes), “The Mysterious Traveler,” “The Green Hornet,” “Inner Sanctum,” and “Chondu, The Magician.” A show that I didn’t listen to much was “Mandrake The Magician,” though it appears […]
The first thing that Disney’s “John Carter” has to do–attract enough viewers to justify its $200 million dollar price tag–is what it probably will have the most trouble doing, which is to appeal to the greatest amount of individuals as possible. This problem came into rather sharp focus when I was watching “The Dark Crystal” […]
Some people aren’t particularly deep or nuanced thinkers. I understand this, and that’s OK because it takes all types to make a world. The problems come when such people feel the need to get upon some type of pedestal and act as if they are privy to truths the rest of us mere mortals are […]
According to Deadline, Red Tails is doing great business, though the article makes sure to include caveats about why that will possibly not be the case for too much longer (it’s strongly implied that because it appeals primarily to African-American audiences that it will not be able to maintain box office strength). This is an […]
“Green Lantern,” a film that should have been the first salvo of DC Comics assault on the box office, and Marvel Studios, has almost reached the $220 million mark worldwide. That’s a lot of money, though when your production budget is $200 million, we aren’t necessarily talking about sequel material, despite what Warner Bros. says (by the […]
I understand why Netflix is moving toward original programming, though I am not quite sure why Yahoo would want to. That being said, they are working with Tom Hanks to produce “Electric City,” a 90-minute sci-fi series. From the article on Deadline it appears that the purpose is to drive viewers to other aspects of […]
I admit that when I first heard about the general disdain thrown the way of the ‘Twilight’ films, I joined right in despite never having seen any of them. In my defense, can you blame me? Sparkly vampires? Reproducing (as in sexually) vampires? I DON’T THINK SO. I grew up on films like “Fright Night,” […]
When I watch films like “Iron Man,” or any of the Batman films (that managed to avoid Joel Schumacher and his excesses) part of me wonders: “Could I be a superhero?” This particular line of inquiry lasts only as long as it takes to realize that when someone kicks or punches you in real life, it […]
Sorry about the delay on this one (damn work;). According to Deadline, Josh Brolin has signed up for Spike Lee’s “Oldboy.” I want to call it a remake of Chan-wook Park’s film, but it seems that it’s based upon the manga (which was the basis for the film).
Despite being a film who’s sole claim to fame was that James Cameron (of “Titanic” and “Avatar” fame) handled the art direction, “Galaxy of Terror” was a lot more than a low-budget “Alien” knockoff. It had cool spaceships and interesting underlying themes (namely that facing your fears gives you power over them). Sure, the end […]
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